Tongue and teeth for doll heads



Oct. 30,v 1928.

S. MARCUS TONGUE AND TEETH FOR DOLL HEADS Filed 00. 21.. 1926 IN VEN TOR ATTORNEY ciples constituting thefinvention; and the Patented oer; .30, 192a.

UNITED STATES-- SAMUEL mucus-'01 Bacon-int, mzw YORK, Assisnon, nY :mzsnn Assrsnimn'rs, 'ro

MARION mama 00., NEW YORK.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y;, A CORPORATION" 01 101mm: him T ETH non DOLL HEADS.

Anaheim flea 0mm- 21, 1926; serial No. 143,031.

This invention relates to dolls and like toys, and particularly to'the tongue and teeth of such articles, and an object of the invention is to provide aztongue and teeth which-may be readily assembled in position the doll head and in which means is provided for insuring proper relative positioning of the tongue and teeth.

A further object is to so construct the tongue and teeth that they may be quickly and accurately placed in ppsi'tion within the doll head, and fastened, y relatively unskilled operators;-

A further'bbject a w a construct thetongue and the teeth that they may be assembled with each other and thereafter atfixed within the doll head as a single entity.

A further and more detailed object is to provide the tongue and teeth so that one thereof shall include a tang disposed for engagement within a slot of the other to hold the two 7 elements connected together for unitary handling and for insuring proper positioning of said elements relativetoeach other Other objects and aims of the inventi n,

more or less specific than those referred' fto f above,,will be in partpbvious and input; pointed out in the course ofthejolloivingideg scription of the elements, eoinbinatxoiisfar rangements of parts and applicationsofprinscope of protection contemplated indicated in the appended claims. Y

In the accompanying dra which are to be taken as apart of this which I have shown merely a preferredjiofm of embodiment of the-invention Fig. 1 is afyertical sectional view through a tongue and teethgconstructed in accordance with this invention and showing the sameas applied in position within a doll head, the portion of the doll head shown hkewi-se illustrated in vertical section. 1

Fig. 2 is a front elevationalview of the tongue and teeth appearing in Fig. 1 the relative position of the mouth opening being shown by having dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a view similar toFig. 2 but illus-.

trating a modified arrangement for holding the teeth'and tongue assembled with each other,and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2but showing a further modification in accordance with 'thelike as 5..

ation, and in.

which the tongue and teeth are formed from a single piece-of material.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure illustrated therein the reference character Lindicatestheiront porlike, prcferably reddish in color, shaped to provide a main flat body portion 2 pressed outwardlyatfi'ts centre to provide. the tongue proper as: 3 disposed to project forwardly 'throu'gh'the opening 1' in simulation o fth'e half protruding tongue ofa sm'all infant. I At the upper margin of the base part 2 is a vertically extending portion 4 which is intendedto I lie substantially flat against the inner surface eftheportion of the doll head intermediately 1above'.the mouth opening 1 and to beheld fixed toithe doll head by an appropriate cement'or The portion of the base 2 surrounding the tongue pr oper 3 bears against the inner-suria c'e of the doll head surrounding the mouth opening and being of substantially the same colorj as I the ,tongue proper, appears when viewedithrough theimouth opening, as the red interior oithe childs mouth.

While thecement 5 may if desired be extended to rigidly connect the base 2 with the inner surface of the doll head and thus render the tongue proper immovable, it is preferable inmost. instances to fasten only the upper por- 'tion of the extension part 4 and thus leave the base 2 and the tongue proper 3 only resiliently held in position so that if the tongue proper be pressed by a childs'finger during play said tongue proper will yield backwardly and thus add an element ofinterest for the amusement of the child.

It will be understood of course that such yielding movement of the tongue proper will be permitted by the natural springiness of the material, for instance celluloid, from which the tongue is made.

The teeth G may be made of any appropriate material but preferably consist of a small piece of white sheet celluloid or the like. The main body of this piece of celluloid is shaped to provide two or more teeth properas 6' 6, and projecting upwardly therefrom IS a central tang 7. The extension part 4 of the ton ue H is provided with an opening or slot 8 t erethrough er positioning of the teeth with respect to the to ue and to hold said parts assembled partieu arly during the time While said parts are being handled as an entity and placed into position within the doll head, and the cement. 5 is being applied. An operator has merely to introduce the tang 7 into the slot .8, slide the bottom edge of the teeth backwardlyalong the upper surface 9 of the tongue proper 3, said surface at'tliis time constituting a guide for the teeth acting as a cam to force the tang to a proper extent througlr the slot 8, then place the assembled tongue and teeth in position with the tongue proper extending into the mouth opening 1 of the doll head, and apply the cement 5 to thereafter permanently lock the tongue and teeth to ether and hold both connected with the doll head.

The bottom edge of the teeth is preferably so formed as to provide a central notchlike formati'onthereon as at 10 and the surface 9 is slightly rounded so as to be highest at its central portion, and these configurations of the teeth and tongue provide lar to that already a suitably definite guide co-operative between the tongue and teeth to keep the parts centered with respect to each other at all times, particularly during the time while the teeth are being slid backwardly along the surface 9 for forcing the tang 7 into slot 8 and thereafter while the assembled structure is being handled and attached within the doll head. l

The structure sug e'sted in Fig. 3 is simidescribed except that in this instance the teeth member G is provided with a slot 11, and the extension part 4 of the tongue is provided with a tang as 12 adapted to extend through the slot 11 for holding the teeth assembled with the tangf In utilizing this structure the teeth member is introduced over the tang 12 so that said tang enters the slot 11 and theteeth' member is then moved downwardly over the tang until the bottom edge of the teeth member engages against the upper surface 9 of the tongue proper 3. The notch 10 at the lower end of the teeth member is effective .4 of the tongue, as at LG.

here for centering the teeth member with respect to the tongue proper in the same manner as above set forth.

In F ig. 4 is illustrated a modification in which the tongue- H and the teeth G are formed from a single piece of material. The material employed may be the same as heretofore, namely sheet celluloid. The tongue part of the structure should be of reddish color however while the teeth part should be white.

In making up the two parts from a single piece of sheet material the teeth part G is simply stamped out from the material of the tongue part along the opposite sides as 13 and 14, and the bottom edge as 15 of the teeth part, the upper side of the teeth part being left integral with the extension part In this way the teeth are allowed to project straight downwardly in an appropriate position while the base portion of the tongue part may be pressed 'bacluvardly by engagement with the inner surface of the doll head, and likewise any backward movement of the base part of the tongue, as by pressure from a childs finger as above referred to, will not move the teeth.

The relatively narrow portions as 17 and 18 at opposite sides of the teeth part G provide an area of weakness constituting a hin e connection between the portion of the (evice which is intended to be fixed to the doll head by the cement 5 and thei base of the tongue which is intended to be capable of backward flexing, and it is to be noted that similar areas of weakness, and consequent desirable hinge localities as 19 and 20 occur at opposite sides of the slot. S-in the structure Fig. 2 and at opposite sides of the tang 12 in Fig. 3, for permitting easy backward flexing of the tongues proper in said figures.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A tongue and teeth for doll heads, comprising tongue and teeth members one of said members having an opening therethrough and the other member having a part projecting through said openin in frictional contact with the wall thereo to hold said members assembled for handling as a single entity.

2. A tongue and teeth for doll heads, comprising tongue and teeth members the tongue member having an opening therethrough and the teeth member having a part pro ecting throu 'h said opening in frictional contact 4 with the wall thereof for thereb connecting said members together for hand ing as a single entity.

5 3. Attongue and teeth for doll headsfcom-e prising tongue and teeth members the tongue member having an opening therethrough and the teeth member having a part to project ,1

4. A tongue and teeth for doll heads, comprising tongue and teeth members the tongue tongue comprising a .part having a member comprising a base part having a x tongue proper projecting therefrom, the base part hav ng an opening therethrough spaced from the tongue proper, and the teeth member having a main part arranged in the space between the-tongue proper and the openin and havin a tang projecting through sai opening toiold the tongue and teeth members assembled for handling as a single entity.

5. A tongue and teeth 'for doll heads, comprising tongue and teeth members the tongue member comprising a base part having a tongue proper projecting therefrom, the base part having an opening therethrough spaced from the tongue proper, and the teeth memberihaving a main part arranged in the space between the tongue proper and the opening and havinga tan projecting through said opening to hold the tongue and teeth members assembled for handling asa single entity, the tongue proper and the teeth member havingparts co-operative to centre the teeth member with respect to the ton no proper.

6. A tongue and teeth for do 1 heads, co1nmember comprising a base part having a tongue proper projecting therefrom, the teeth member being arranged uponsaid base part in position adjacent the tongue proper, and

said teeth and tongue members having coprising tongue and teeth members, the tongueo perative slot and tang parts to center the teeth member with respect to the tongue proper. j s 7. A tongue and teeth for doll heads, comprising tongue and teeth members the tongue member comprising a base part having a tongue proper projecting therefrom, the teeth member being arranged upon said base part in position adjacent the tongue proper, and said teeth and tongue-members having parts co-operative to center the teeth with respect to the tongue roper during the act of I assembly and adapted to hold the teeth member assembled with the tongue member for 6 handling as a single entity..'

8. A tongue and teeth for doll heads, said tongue proper projecting therefrom, the base part having an opening therethrough, the teeth having an extension projectin through said opening to hold the tongue an teeth assembled, the tongue having an extension by which it may be attached in positionjwithin a doll head, and said extension bein of resil- V ient material for the purpose descri ed.

9. A tongue and teeth for doll heads, comprising a tongue and teeth members, the tongue member being formed of sheet material and comprising a base part.having'a tongue proper pressed outwardly thbrefrom, the teeth member being arranged upon said base part in a position adjacent the tongue proper, and means connecting the teeth member with the tongue member to hold said so members assembled for handling as a single entity.

10. A tongue structure for doll heads, said tongue structure being formed -from a single-piece of sheet material pressed to pro- 35 vide a tongue proper projecting from one. surface thereof, and said piece of materialhaving a resilient extension therefrom adapted to serve as means by which to resilientl support the tongue proper within a doll hea In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

. SAMUEL MARCUS. 

